Humpback whale flukes
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Pacific Grey Whale
Whale watching adventure, yesterday. We saw this guy spout and roil around as he was feeding. Tiny little parts of him (he’s 45-50 ft long) appeared every 6 minutes or so after a feeding dive. The flukes or tail, here, is about 12-15ft across...
This was what we were waiting for, (lacking a full breach!)
Amazing to watch and thrilled to have seen him.
(We also spent some time watching a humpback...Lots of spouting and humps, but no great photos, I’m afraid.)
Clayoquot Sound
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
Off Tofino
Vancouver Island
BC
Canada
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We took a whale watching tour in Chichi-jima, Bonin Island, Japan. Whales were very active. Fluke up dive of a whale, which was believed to be a humpback whale from its size, was mighty, and was rather similar to that of a blue whale.
The light caught the spray from the tail fluke of this Humpback Whale, which was putting on a display of tail slapping.
A whale's tail is called a fluke. A whale's fluke is also their fingerprint. Every person has a unique fingerprint and every. whale has a unique fluke.
This was taken near Sooke, BC, Canada
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Humpback Whale tail fin or flukes in blue water offshore from the coast of Port Stephens. If you look closly you can see the fine bits of spray from the flukes. NSW, Australia.
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The humpbacks put out the red carpet for us. It's always a privilege to be in the presence of these majestic creatures.
This goldfinch was perched on the branch at the top of a tree but then flew off, I just happened to catch it as it went.
My granddaughter was playing with these rings, when I turned and saw this...I asked her not to touch while I get my camera. Nothing really special, I just liked the shadows and the way they fell when she dropped them. Happy Day to all. (;-D
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A whale fluke is the tail fin of a whale and it is their primary means of propulsion through the water. This fluke belongs to a humpback whale, a magnificent baleen whale that is famous for its acrobatic behaviors. I photographed this beauty just outside of Juneau, Alaska.
Humpback whale, Iceland
The humpback whale can be seen all around Icelandic waters. The humpback whale is much stockier than the other rorquals and has a characteristic warty nose. It can reach up to 17 m length and 40 t in weight. Humpback whales have exceptionally long, up to 2 m long pectoral fins. Humpbacks may slap the water's surface with one or both pectoral fins simultaneously.
In the early spring, the humpbacks begin their long journey from the Gulf of Mexico to Iceland. The whales swim for about a month before they reach the southern coastal waters of Iceland. By the end of October and early November, most of the humpback whales are well fed and prepared for their seasonal migration back to the Gulf of Mexico.
Humpback whale does not possess teeth, so it must capture its food using various hunting methods. One technique these whales use is known as bubble netting. Bubble netting is a group activity.
One group of whales will swim below a large group of fish and form a circle, which they use to herd the fish together. The group then begins blowing bubbles to enclose and shrink the circle of fish and compact the fish into a tight herd. Once they’ve herded the fish together, they can then take turns swimming through the herd consuming as many fish as possible.
Gray Whale migration is in full swing off the California coast. Saw several, including a young calf.
A420 in the hole @ Arcola for a meet with 3 northbounds. Empty Coal, Amtrak 58, and an empty grain train.
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always an impressive sight to be so close to a diving humpack whale. we were surrounded by at least 8 animals that day, somtimes too close to photograph...Strait of Juan de Fuca, BC
It is quite difficult to photograph a whale diving straight towards you, though it's easy getting them side on, or diving away from you. When you see them from the back you see a sheet of water pouring off the rear of the tail like this: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/54808868890/in/photolist But if you zoom in on this shot (taken in dull weather) you can see water dripping from the roof of the tail too. This individual whale is known as Spike and spends its time between the west coast of Vancouver Island and the Hawaiian breeding grounds. I found this out by sending a photo of the tail flukes to happywhale.com
Sperm Whale.
The way to tell the different whales apart is looking at the fluke/tail of the whale. Each and every fluke is different and it is almost like the whale’s fingerprint. Each whale listed in the catalogue has a photo of the underside of the tail and they are then listed under different ID codes depending on what the tail looks like and a number, example:
A starling murmuration over Brighton's West Pier making shapes. The numbers are growing nicely, it should be a good season.
From a whale watching cruise on the St. Lawrence River in 2008 (processed with a touch of digital art).
A whale's tail is called its flukes. A whale's tail is composed of two lobes, each of which is called a fluke. There is a notch, a v-shaped indentation where the flukes (or lobes) of a whale's tail meet. Flukes move up and down to propel the whale through the water.
A fishing trip that ended up more of a whale watching eperience. The whales were very active that day both Humpbacks and Orcas.
When I first joined Flickr I had no idea what bokeh was!! I read somewhere that it can't be achieved with a point and shoot camera, so I set out to prove that wrong!! This was kind of a fluke though! :-)
It's actually a coloured photo, although it doesn't look it!
A Humpback Whale raises its flukes as it prepares to sound to the depths to chase some of the 3 to 4 tons of food it needs to eat each day.
Fluke Hair: because brushing it was never part of the plan.
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For those who may not be aware the term "fluke" is given to the sight of a tail fin as it descends for a dive.
When we ventured out on our whale watching trip from the northern Icelandic port of HúsavÃk I was a little disappointed with the weather. In the twelve months that has since elapsed I have become pleased that the Icelandic weather was true to form and it started to snow shortly after we left port.